by George Turner | Aug 4, 2019
Activision Blizzard, the publisher of hit games Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush, moved €5bn to companies in Bermuda and Barbados between 2013-2017. The report World of Taxcraft details how the corporate structure of Activision Blizzard, which includes...
by George Turner | Aug 4, 2019
How Activision Blizzard has moved billions of dollars of profit into tax havens 4th August 2019 Activision Blizzard, publisher of hit games Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush moved €5bn to companies in Bermuda and Barbados between 2013-2017, documents...
by George Turner | Jul 28, 2019
Rockstar Games, the creator of Grand Theft Auto, has made an estimated $5bn in operating profit since the release of Grand Theft Auto V in 2013. The game was designed and developed in the UK by Rockstar North Limited based in Edinburgh, but TaxWatch can reveal that...
by George Turner | Jun 20, 2019
HMRC has this morning published its latest estimate of uncollected taxes, the “Tax Gap”. It shows that on the HMRC methodology the amount of tax uncollected went up by £2bn in 2018 to £35bn. This is in cash terms the highest on record and an increase of...
by George Turner | Nov 6, 2018
How should profit be distributed within the modern multinational corporation? That is the key question at the heart of the debate on international tax avoidance, and one touched on by Taxwatch’s first report. The aspiration of the OECD reforms to the international...